West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-05-19
R0SE.MARIE.

IL was ! / o'clock on warm July fore
noon, when the passengers from the ar
terwa"d Dl-fatcd Vile de Paris found
themselves on terra firma in New York
anu amid scenes familiar or novel. as
suited their previous history. Among
the crowd, and yet apart, was a young
woman, slender, fair, and with something
dlstlnguc about her simple dress. II wns
before the days Of the Barge Office. but
the veHatiOns of custom house ordeals
were sufficiently trying, aud tho girl was
very glad 10 receive some assistance from
stranger who noticed her pcrplexitv.
lie sad he had come 10 the dock simpiv
TO take charge of some artistic house fur
nishings sent in advance by his sister. and
80 nc could easily pause little i'm exc
cutting his commission.
She did not know hsY TO reach the adj
dress she held iu her hand and he tried
70 eXplain-and she tried 20 understand.
The difficulty Of comprehension arose
not from innate stupidity on either side.
but from lack of common LANGUAGE
He spoke English well, but French jodif-
fercntly; she could roll out melodious
sentences in the Celtic tongue. but her
English was ''as she is spoke" However.
the obstacles were all removed, and Mile
Rose Marie dc Aldine was at last with
her French ideas OF proprietv much
shocked, but her fears that she would
have 10, stay at the Battery all dav al-
layed, slowed away in an uptown board
ing house kept by a French family.
he next morning Rose-M Marie was i'm
another quandary. She was to 90 10 an
instruction bureau on Madison Smuarc
and had not Madame Guillaume allowed
her twelve year old daughter TO show her
the way il is doubtful whether she
would have had sufficient confidence in
her disgraccd boarding g-school English to
venture
But No 2S wa, reached at last Vic
torinc said eau rcvoir'" and Mile. de Al
dine, with trembling steps, mounted the
stairs and found herself i'm the presence
Of Madame SchOnbcrg, 70 Igdhcr Grand
Immaculate parsonage, who received her
with the cOndcsCcnding nod of mon
arch. waved her hand 10 n sofa and CON
tinucd nm animated conversation with a
man in the windOw-scat. After LONG
time She badc hin good bye and turned
70 c1tcchiIc Rose Marie. "Did She have
good acCcnt2 How long had She
lived in Pars| "NOt born thcrc~ with
elevated cv,br0wJ, could She teach
music' "Gcrmunf" "Italianr Draw
ing aud pointingf 'SmWcur method ~
''Not HIM unfouunatc" GLOW much
cXrcricnccf None at all" 'T do not
know how you can get situation now
but viii tell you what you can choose
from. Here is n situation from Portland.
Orc The salary is not large only 5000.
as You would be govcrness for two chill
drcn only but, oh the expenses of the
Journey Two on three hundred dollars
or more; but YOU can borrow. can YOU
not"
Poor Mile de Aldinc shook her head
that would not do "Ah. here Is
something else An excellent school i'm
Delaware, principal wishes % French
teacher young and energetic. ono who
would be sure 20 manage unruly scholars.
Some OF the outside duties are mentioned
mere triilos. TO- bc sure You would have
70 60 ont every morning with thc omnibus
winch goes TO pick up the distant schol-
afs Ihcy say Chat they would try TO
see That YOU had something 90 car before
You started, os the omnibus leaves before
breakfast time. Then they would like
10 have YOU gives Few lectures during the
winter 20 keep up interest -and then
there would bc Two dancing classes and
they would like you to supcriutend the
pupiIsscc chat they are alwaysin time
and in order and so ON. That would not
bo much, and then there arc five girls. bc
tween SIX and eight years old. with whom
you would bo oxpc,ted TO stay on the